Preparing for Advent

We finished up our book Grace Based Parenting and now our group is preparing for our annual Advent activities. We enjoyed the latest book and it brought about some great discussions and gave us lots of food for thought. During the month of December we plan activities for our kids for each day of Advent season. I have a box with little doors on it, one door for the 25 days of Advent. Each day the kids open it and find a small item that relates to the activity of the day. We read a verse for the day and have an activity or book we read or craft we do, or event we attend, etc. that we do that helps reinforce the verse. The goal is to help keep the focus of the season on Christ and teaching them about the Christmas story and the reason Christ was born. So we are making plans for what activities to do with the kids this year and I'm having fun working on it. Day 1 will be putting up the Christmas tree and we'll read and discuss passages in scripture about Christ being hung on a tree. We plan on baking cookies together as a group as well as making a craft to give to children at a local daycare. A busy yet fun month ahead!